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Recent Decision Undercuts Device Manufacturers' Pre-emption Defense

By Thomas E. Riley and Robert E. Conrad | January 10, 2007

Federal appeals courts have generally held that the Medical Device Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act pre-empt tort claims relating to medical devices that have undergone the Foo

National Law Journal

Making Document Review a Success

By Mark Yacano | April 25, 2006

It has been well reported that the number of suits actually making it to trial has dropped sharply in recent years. By some accounts, jury trials now comprise less than 2 percent of all cases filed

New Jersey Law Journal

Harness the Power of Video-Enhanced Summations

By Charles Toutant | September 12, 2005

At the end of each day of a five-week trial in Middlesex County, N.J., plaintiffs' lawyers Barry Eichen and William Levinson spent hours reviewing and editing video footage of testimony, while

Business Crimes Bulletin

Voluntary Disclosures Under the FCPA: Is the Promised Benefit Real?

By Jacqueline C. Wolff and Pamela Sawhney | January 31, 2007

" ... [A]lthough nothing is off the table when you voluntarily disclose, I can tell you in unequivocal terms that you will get a real benefit ... ." Despite these heartening words by

New York Law Journal

N.Y. State Bar Task Force to Address Waiver of Privilege

By John Caher | January 11, 2006

A recent trend in which state and federal prosecutors require as part of a plea bargain that corporate defendants waive the attorney-client privilege is raising concern among leaders of the New Yor

Daily Report Online

Ex-Prosecutor Dishes Up Advice to GCs on Government Probes

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | October 19, 2007

The red flag that triggers a government investigation of a company is sometimes a whistleblower or some other complaint. But more often than not, it's just a little something in the news that doesn

The Associated Press

Jury Selection Begins in Coke Trade Secret Case

By Harry R. Weber | January 17, 2007

One hundred potential jurors filed into an Atlanta federal courtroom Tuesday for the start of the conspiracy trial of a former Coca-Cola secretary accused of stealing trade secrets from the world's

National Law Journal

Pollution Case Sparks 'Border War' Worries for Companies

By Peter Geier | December 14, 2005

A Canadian smelter in Trail, British Columbia, that triggered a seminal case in environmental law half a century ago is again the target of litigation by disgruntled American neighbors on the

The Legal Intelligencer

Wal-Mart Hit With $78.5M Verdict in Pa. Break-Time Class Action

By Asher Hawkins | October 16, 2006

By and large agreeing with the plaintiffs' suggestions on damages, a Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $78.5 million to a class of some 186,000 current and former employees of Pennsylvania W

Technology Raises IP Issues for Library GC

By Susan Hansen | September 4, 2007

When Robert Vanni took the general counsel's job at the New York Public Library 20 years ago, the world was still discovering the wonders of the fax machine. The Internet and such innovations as e-